APOE is not only a well-known risk gene for Alzheimer’s disease, but primarily an important regulator of the immune system—according to a study published in Nature Medicine. Apolipoprotein E [...]
MoReHealth Niedersachsen is an innovative research project bringing the latest multi-omics research—meaning the simultaneous analysis and interpretation of different biological layers such as [...]
The ATM serine/threonine protein kinase, encoded by the ATM gene, plays a crucial role in regulating the cell’s mechanisms to repair DNA damage, and mutations in ATM increase the risk of cancer [...]
Researchers have developed a pioneering, specific, personalized gene therapy for a newborn with a rare and life-threatening urea cycle metabolism disorder. This has been reported in the New [...]
SLC7A11 enables a slow proton efflux from lysosomes and thus plays a vital role in maintaining the acidic environment inside these cellular organelles. This has been demonstrated by a new study [...]
Researchers have uncovered a novel neurodevelopmental disorder featuring multiple congenital anomalies that is linked to variants in the MED16 gene. Published in the American Journal of Human [...]